Here's a link to the official site for "The Passion Recut": Official Site. It includes a QuickTime clip of Mel explaining why he decided to do the recut and release it to theatres, and there are links to get supplementary DVDs and other information for church groups, which is clearly Mel's target with this rerelease.

On a completely unrelated note, for those Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven fans out there, Canada is the only place to see the R-rated cut of Cursed, with the exception of BC and Saskatchewan. The US got the neutered PG-13 cut.